alter. >> good morning, i'm allison seymour. >> and i'm tony perkins. we want to find out before we do anythin else what's happening with weather conditions. we're going to see some improvement. tucker barnes can tell us about that. >> thank you. we have sunshine across northwest washington. going to be a beautiful day and mild so the trace to little more than an inch. things will melt off here. these temperatures bouncing nicely with the bright sunshine. 37 at dulles. bwi 36. here's a look at our satellite radar. racing off to the north and east. we have very quiet conditions. high pressure's going to build in today. quiet afternoon here. winds out of the north and west from 5 to 10. nice quiet afternoon. tonight looks good

and most of tomorrow looks good and changes friday night and saturday morning. more on that coming up. here's your forecast for your valentine's day. 50 in washington. 49 in quanaco. good looking day. more details on that weather. back to you at the desk. >> thank you. a breaking story today is making headlines around the world. the arrest of an olympic track star. >> south african sprinter known as blade runner is charged with murder after the shooting death today of his girlfriend. wisdom is back in studio with the details. >> oscar inspired the world last summer when he competed in the london games. but today that inspiration has turned into shock after a mysterious shooting in south africa. the shooting happened around 3:00 in

the morning south africa time. early reports indicate may have been an accident. mistake steenkamp as a burglar. talked with neighbors to have claimed to have heard shouting overnight. unclear whether that was around the time of the shooting or earlier. police did say they responded to previous incidents but did not give further information. first court appearance was postponed to tomorrow. so investigators can finish their work. >> thank you. >> police in california say they did not set the fire that engulfed the cabin where christopher dorner believed to have barricaded himself. the san bernardino county sheriff's

office says they tossed tear gas and burst into flames. they are waiting the results of forensic test to determine if the body inside the cabin was that of dorner. >> tony, a developing story in northern virginia leaves police and a community searching for answers. the death of a 94-year-old man found dead inside his home is being called suspicious. melanie alnwick is live in alexandria. other crimes have been reported right? >> reporter: that's right. not just in the area but specifically at this home. one of the residents in this home, an adult male went to the city council march 2011, so almost two years ago saying that crime has come to they neighborhood complaining that his house had been burglarized twice. his car broken into at least once in recent months. that was again two years ago. police reports that i found show large amounts

of cash were taken as well as collectible coins and jewelry and now it appears police are investigating yet another burglary at this house. it was shortly before 7:00 last night when an adult resident came home and found the 94-year-old elderly man dead alone in the house. police would only say he had upper body trauma but did not elaborate on what that means. sources tell fox 5 the person who found the man dead was adult son or stepson. and at this point they are calling it just a death investigation. >> investigating the facts surrounding the death with you we do feel it appears to be somewhat suspicious. >> i'm out here walking my dogs. i have no idea. i didn't know. that's a little scary. >> police have not put out any information about a possible suspect. i can tell you one of the neighbors confirmed to us there was yet another break in at this house last november.

no details on the police report there in terms of what was taken and the circumstances that happened there. the man who was talking to the city council back in march of 2011 said that at the time they were not going to be an easy mark any more. we did see there are alarm signs out here. don't know if those alarms were set. they believe the and you say expect got in through an upper window that was unlocked. hard to say why this particular house has been broken into so many times or if people just know there are elderly people that live there and items that can be taken. certainly, a lot more questions we would like to get answered later today. back to you. >> melanie alnwick live for us. thank you. also developing today lawyers in the levy case will be back in court. some people and journalists will be let into the courtroom only. they won't be

able to hear from the lawyers and the judge are saying. white noise machine will keep the audience from hearing the conversations. >> allison, happening today, a huge airline merger, a deal between american airlines and u.s. airways was announced this morning. creates the biggest airline in the world and should help american airlines at reagan national airport. but there are concerns that smaller cities could lose service. earlier this morning we spoke with aviation analyst derek jenkins. >> the only ones who do service are major airlines. south airlines flies in the no small cities. jet blue and spirit fly into a few. it's always been the major carriers that do smaller city service. it's a very big deal as american airlines will have a greater

presence at reagan national. >> travellers won't notice immediate changes. likely to be months before the two airlines are fully integrated. the situation on the stranded cruise liner in the gulf of mexico is going from worse to unbelievable. we are hearing horror stories from the more than 3,000 passengers. two moms with daughters age 10 and 12 say they called home crying hysterically. >> i do not know there are words that can describe the horror and the pain that i feel not being able to talk to my daughter. i haven't talked to her since monday. and that phone call on monday was the most heart wrenching conversation i've ever had with anyone in my life. i don't know if we can make anybody feel how we're feeling not being able to talk to your child or help your child when she's doing that mommy please just help me. come get me. and you can't. you can't do it.

that's just hard to swallow. >> a third tug boat is helping pull the cruise ship into mobile, alabama. due to arrive just after noon today. >> bank of america is helping the homeowners in the dc region with a free two day event starting today. it's for customers who need help staying in their homes and again to avoid foreclosure. starts at 8:00 today and tomorrow runs until 8:00 at night. so far 136 people are signed up but walk ins are welcome. customers can call 855-201-7426 to register. that will be on our web site if you need it later. myfoxdc.com. >> it will surely be a valentine's day to remember for one virginia couple. the state's lottery department says the winners of a $217 million

jackpot ticket will be revealed today. the couple will receive a check at richmond's international airport this afternoon. the winning ticket was bought at an airport kiosk earlier this month. good for them. a popular drink changing its label. >> plus, exercise less to lose more? the results of a new weight loss study. the exercise myths you need to know before you hit the gym. expert will join us after the break. >> there you go. we hope this valentine's day is a special one for all of you. we asked our facebook fans to share messages to or from their valentine. cameia says my 4 year old made this poem. it is so special. roses are red, violet s are blue, this heart is so special, because it belongs to you. thank you very much for sharing that.

that's great. >> here's a message from matt. happy valentine's day to the greatest parents in the world. tom hudes and kathie hudes. if you'd like to share a message searcfox 5orning news. wel be right b. ♪

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monster energy drink is changing their look. now list nutrition facts. the company will list the drink's calf reason content. energy drinks are facing backlash from the fda looking into the safety of some of the drinks. >> the caffeine content will say -- wow. all right. is it necessary to workout

everyday if you are trying to stay in shape or lose a few pounds? that's what some researchers looked into. a new study showed an lesurly approach. for more on understanding this we turn to shelly. you also work among other things the bariactric program. >> correct. >> this caught our eye when we saw it. a lot of people believe if you are in the gym more, what's your reaction? >> this is something actually not very new. this is something that you would see that it's basically everything in moderation. and you know, if you are exercising six days a week you could be on the verge of over training. when you are

over training, your body doesn't have a chance to recover after you exercise. your muscles need to rebuild. it doesn't have adequate rest and there are a lot of signs and symptoms with the over training you can recognize. and some of these are -- >> i think we have them at home. if we can show that listing there. here we go. you can start to talk about it in general. washed out and tired. sore muscles. >> one of the key things a lot of people see. they are not exercising at optimal speed. they realize their heart rate is a lot higher at rest. realize at their peak points, the herat. so you start to feel tired and very sore and all of this can lead to your muscles are just tired and

your body is tired and you need to rest. >> you shouldn't feel that way. >> there are more signs of over training if we want to go to the next full screen. exercise and resting heart rate. loss of enthusiasm. a lot of people are saying that's not hard. and moodiness and irritability. your body is just what? >> it's breaking down is what's going on. it's an increase in cortizol in your body. when you have too much then it can start breaking down your muscles. you recognize these signs and symptoms and go ahead and start going into rest. that's why in the study it says that four days a week is the most optimal. >> let's talk about more workout myths here. one of them is you can't spot reduce. i thought that was interesting.

and then also the other that i really was like really is that you can't just walk everyday and think you are going to lose a bunch of weight either. weight training makes you big and bulky. eat less to lose weight. >> spot reducing myth is this: basically you can't lose weight from a certain part of the body. if you are trying to get rid of your arms, you can't just do a bunch of exercises and think that's going to go away. your body needs to work throughout when it's losing weight. you can tone muscles and everything and that's what you want to do. but you can't spot reduce. >> so you really can't? >> no. >> some people say do you just take 45 minute brisk walk everyday, that's going to help you lose weight. what will it do and what do you need to add? >> you know what, a 45 minute brisk walk will help. the brisk is the point there.

it's the slow walk is the thing. make sure you are increasing your heart rate to an optimal amount. and there's formulas out there you can use to make sure you are in that training zone. >> we showed -- i know i'm out of time. let me see those cliches. you are just pretending, no pain, no gain. they are just cliches. >> they are. >> maintainly the thing is four days a week. >> you get your cardio, strength training and make sure you are changing your workout. that helps a lot. >> easy to see why you are the expert. thanks for coming in today. exercise physiologist. tony, over to you . four days a week. i think we can do that. >> thank you both. metro weighs in on a possible location

for a new fbi headquarters. if you think traffic is bad now, wait until you hear how packed it can be in the coming years. there is a silver lining. >> reporter: there's engineers that will help solve that problem. engineers do indeed solve problems. they are gearing up for their once a year discover engineering family day. coming up live we're going to talk about smart grids and since this is february, we're also going to talk about black engineers and the wonderful contributions they've made. all live later. stay with us. >> ♪ the triangle is the mother of all polygons ♪ >> before we head to the break, that's probably not quite how you remember math class but for students at montgomery blare high school, that's how their

teacher jake scott does it. his rapping nickname is 2 pi and he says he wrote the songs to help students understand math in a language they would understand. students say the songs make the class fun and all easier to learn. very cool idea. >> the new school house rock. >> i like it. 

monitoring metro this morning, efforts are underway to convince the fbi to move headquarters to prince georges county. 78 acres at greenbelt station for the facility housed at the j edgar hoover building. a vote is expected today. >> speaking of metro, the board has several other big issues including wednesday morning's incident where a man placed himself in the path of a yellow line train and was killed. the board will also get an update

on, on-time performance. >> you may soon see a lot more red in the district. that is the color a panel wants to paint all dc cabs. it's already used in the bike share program requiring all cabs to be the same color will make it easier for passengers to know which cabs operate in dc. >> the number of cabs may need to increase if a new prediction turns out to be true. a population of our area will reach 7 million by 2040. that's a growth of 1.5 million people. while it may seem like a lot of people, there is some good news. nearly 1.4 million jobs are expected to come with all of that growth. >> coming up next, celebrating valentine's day with the best

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valentine's day isn't just for lovers. remember this. it's also for parents and kids. netty posted this on our fan page. i would like to wish my one true valentine for the past 19 years the happiest day ever. mom, you have always been there for me no matter my mood and i would love to thank you for everything. happy valentine's day. >> nothing like mama. >> happy valentine's day to all of ours as well. >> happy valentine's day, mom. >> all right. let's do weather forecasting. we have snow last night. parts of the area between covering trace to about an inch. big beautiful snowflakes. the snow will quickly melt off.

ash burn, hi, sarah. you are on tv. say hi to everybody. >> i'm sorry. >> you won't see that at other stations. all right. half in. marshal, virginia 1.2 inches. the snow out of here. a lot of iciness this morning. a lot of problems with all the refreezing. 39 in washington. 36 in baltimore. 37 in leonard town. still 30s here north and west. all of us are above freezing. that is a good sign as we're going to melt off snow and ice. i don't think we'll have much left here as we're expecting highs in the upper 40s. nice and quiet today. sunshine this afternoon and a beautiful valentine's day for you setting up here. should be a nice light wind out of the north and west. and a couple conditions expected later today. and tonight clear skies. tomorrow morning initial cold front coming through early in the morning. don't think you'll notice much with that one. and

a secondary front north and west of chicago. that's going to dive down later tonight and early saturday morning. what's going to happen with that second front. more and more indications there may be surface low that tries to develop off the peninsula. i can't talk. late tonight and tomorrow night. that could bring us rain and/or snow showers late friday and early saturday. and much cold air will rush in behind that area of low pressure. get ready for colder temperatures into saturday and sunday. 50 today. mostly sunny skies. winds north and west at 5 to 10. just a couple clouds . we're going to be fine here. most of friday, nice and quiet with temperatures in the 50s. 53 your daytime high on friday. there's that possibility of showers and/or snow showers friday night into early saturday. want to watch that one. and much colder. check out daytime high on sunday. holiday monday, 47. >> thank yu

, tucker. >> all right. sweet music first. >> i love it. >> if you don't have a valentine, we may have a few ideas of where to find one. first up bethesda, maryland. trulia says the area has 1.2 single women for every single man. dc has the second highest. rounding out the top cities are boston, new york and raleigh, north carolina. >> all right. here's another option. check your workplace. we're not telling you to hit on anyone who is not single. i mean who is single. >> we're not trying to get you to run around the office and hit on everybody. >> but if there's chemistry, you may want to go for it if you are two single people in the office. according to career builder survey, 38% of workers have

dated a co-worker. 31% say their office romance led to marriage. >> i'm surprised by that. >> i know. i'm sitting next to somebody that worked. it didn't ever work for me. >> it didn't work for me ever. >> and it was a huge mistake. back in my single days. i dated people. it just kind of happened. we're all like bunched up together. >> this is the first and only time that i ever dated anyone at the workplace. i said the same thing. i'm not going to dip into that pool. that's not smart. and for some reason, it happened. first and only time and we got married. >> there you go. >> round of applause. >> you're the success story. >> and first valentine's day as newly weds. >> there you go. >> okay. so this is possible. >> that's good. >> it's been almost a year. it's possible.

>> all right. let's talk about this next one. staying with the valentine's theme here. a chocolate tier has combined two loves. chocolate and shoes. the heels are made in the style of louie vaton shoes. they cost $30 to $50. and buyers can fill the shoes with more chocolate treats. most of her clients are men who buy the shoes for women. >> can i get them in my size and wear them? >> men will be like here's a pair, they are only $50. >> that's a great idea. i like that. >> i thought that might be near and dear to your heart. you love the shoes. >> you do shopping for your wife? >> yeah. i her clothes.

>> really? >> why is that? >> i know what i like on a woman. >> there's some people who say women do dress for men at the end of the day. >> does she like you doing that? >> oh, yeah, i'm 100%. never been wrong. >> that's awesome. >> maybe you can start shopping for me. i'm not very good at it. shopping for me. >> we've seen some of the socks you wear. >> you know what i like. >> tucker, you know how i heart you. tucker did have on white socks. it was really weird. >> do what a man's got to do. >> guess what, tucker? you still look good. there you go. >> you are blushing. >> okay. here's one for you. here's fun facts about valentine's day. check this out. how about numbers? more than 37,000 couples will get engaged today according to

bride's magazine. david's bridal says more than 57% of brides would change something about their engagement ring. most say they want a bigger stone. >> materialistic. >> we had a blowout before. we have our own opinions on it. >> that's materialistic. what about love? >> as for spending, expects a whopping $18.6 billion to be spent this year. the bulk of the money going towards jewelry. >> why not buy a speck of a stone and throw it towards your wife? >> no. the point of the story -- >> i was the only woman in here fighting with all of them earlier. >> 57% of the women would make a change to the ring their loved one chose for them and probably did the best they could with whatever money they make. i wish it was bigger. >> i'd say they ask that in like a secret poll. they would never say to their husbands but

secretly. what's wrong with sharing that they would like to have a bigger ring? >> is it about love or a ring? >> it's about love. >> if i give you a crackerjack ring. it's about love. >> we'll argue about this letter. let's do shout outs. >> he's shopping for his wife. >> let's do shout outs. i just want to do this. of course to mark and the girls. i love you. happy valentine's day. to all the single ladies out there, happy valentine's day to you. the single moms, grandmas. everybody. happy valentine's day from me to you. >> i will piggy back on that. happy valentine's day. >> happy valentine's day to my family, my wife, my son, my mom of course. happy valentine's day. >> and a shout out real quick to my husband. it's been almost a year. so i just want to say happy valentine's day to you as well.

and as you said all the single ladies you don't need to have someone to be loved. you don't need to be in that relationship. you got yourself. >> and you've got us. >> we got to go. >> love you martin family. >> me too. >> you love martin family? >> we'll be right back. >> i'm taking you shopping. g. 

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cracking open the buzz win with a look at some of the valentine's day movies. opening in theaters today -- hold on. i got to do something here to make this right. opening in theaters today, a good day to die hard starring bruce willis. this is the 5th film in the series. great action but poor dialogue. he gives it 3 out of 5 stars. another box office option is beautiful creatures. it's a love story between a teenage boy

and a witch. the film has good acting but seemed too long and advises against dating a witch. he also gave it 3 stars. safe haven starring julian huff. kevin gave it 2.5 stars but says it is the best sparks adaptation since the notebook. >> bad news for lady gaga fans. mother monster canceled the rest of her born this way ball tour. tear in her right hip that needs surgery. she hid her condition from her staff hoping it would get better. ticket holders would receive full refunds. ticket master is making it easier for you and your friends to purchase tickets together. like me and you with beyonce. tickets can be transferred to friends or family at no charge. hopes this will eliminate a hassle for waiting outside a venue for people as well as the

need to leave your seat to give someone a ticket. hopes to encorporate ticket sharing on mobile app this spring. >> that's good. finally something for us. kimye upset quite a few people after a plane they were on got held up. after learning of the incident, tsa officials pulled the couple off the plane for a private screening. american airline says the incident is under investigation. >> oh, kimye. >> if you are bringing a new plant into your home, listen up, what you need to maximize its life from cleaning the leaves to choosing the best soil. all next in garden grow. >> your chance to become a rocket scientist. holly is taking us to family engineering day where we're going to learn

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everybody needs a little love right? so this valentine's day why not show a little love to your plants. they've had a hard winter too. derek thomas with thomas landscape talked with sarah simmons about what you should be doing now to help your plants get ready for seasonal changes ahead. >> well, you know it is late winter and that time a year where you are not focusing on outdoor plants but thinking about plants on the inside maybe inside your house you should be thinking about. and derek thomas with thomas landscapes is here to talk to us. thank you for coming in. >> absolutely. this is a time of year where we have those

duldrems. not much is really happening outside. there's the hint that something's about to happen. >> and our green thumb needs to do something. >> may be reponding an old plant or treating yourself to a new friend. it's a great time to go into a plant store or a nursery and check out what they have in doors. check yourself out to a new plant that's going to add a pop. depending on the plant you pick out, this little one will help to add vibrant see to the indoors. you can think about things like if you want color, you can do orchids. they will rebloom for you. african violets which are fun. and the evergreen plant like the snake plant or this one is called a chinese evergreen. now, the thing about it is where a lot of

people do fail with houseplants is that the care is pretty simple. pretty simple things. when you do get a new plant, if you start to see some of the lower leaves turn yellow, don't panic. what the plant is doing is acclimating to your new less than perfect environment. it's come from a greenhouse most of the time. give it time to acclimate. people will bring it home, put it where they want it, make sure it's getting enough light. >> do you want direct light snz. >> depends on the plant. this plant will be able to live in low light. all of these plants are very easy to grow. but you put this in that spot and starts to lose leaves. what a person is inclined to do is move the plant to another spot. or add more water. and what that's going to do, you don't want to over water the plant. you want to give the plant a

couple weeks to acclimate. if you do have a saucer like this so you are not getting water all over, don't let the plant sit in that water for more than 24 hours. if the access water, get rid of it. you can sour the soil. >> if you do want to repot, there are specific soils. african violets like a house mixture. and your orchids like dark and char colonel. you can use a water soluble plant food. this is a leaf shine that will give it shine. and the other thing to keep in mind is just because a plant looks like a plant, you may have similarities, these primroses are going to do well in doors for just a week or two and then planted outside.

the african violet which looks like the primrose will last for years in doors. and the last tip, when repotting, if you've got a plant that's like this and you figure oh, i'm going to save myself time, don't do that. >> why not? >> you only want to go up by two inches. putting it into a large pot, there won't be any roots in the base and the soil is going to sour and the plant will die. go up by the next size up. don't go from small to huge. >> okay. gotcha. it's the time of year you can have great plants in doors. and check me out on twitter@thomasgardenguy. >> okay. thanks. >> this weekend your family can celebrate family engineering day. >> and learning about the contributions of african

americans and holly joins us live from the national building museum. >> reporter: good morning. expecting 8 to 10,000 people to come out. that makes sam wilson very happy. he's one of the event planners. are you ready for the on slot? >> ready or not here it comes. >> it will be memorable to say the least. we also asked you to kind of help us celebrate black history month and the wonderful contributions african american engineers have made. >> it's a great time of year. black history month is a month i've been fascinated with and i have a passion foreign gin earring. two fascinating things for me of great interest. but of course, black americans have given engineering quite a bit of history to it. from the very beginning great local connections. benjamin baniker. >> born just up the street in

baltimore county maryland. he said the color of a man's skin is in no way connected of the strength of character or intellectual. everybody is familiar with him having built a wooden clock. a lot of people aren't as aware of. he helped establish a survey of the 40 mile district of columbia. familiar with the boundary stones. he helped use his calculations to determine the starting point of the survey. let's talk about garret morgan. >> another great person. of course people in this area are familiar with morgan boulevard. and a lot of people are aware he was inventor of automatic traffic signal. not the one that's used around most places.

but his real innovation was having a caution. those of us familiar with caution yellow. >> those of us that slow down. >> also lewis lattimore. >> truly a renaissance man. dawn of the electrical age. he worked for thomas edison. alexander graham bell. one of the things everybody should be familiar with is the electric light bulb. he improved on edison's design using carbon. >> you are going to be here this weekend right? >> absolutely. >> find this guy. you can tell hevident. that brings us to chris who is with iaaa usa. >> we have a smart grid national tool in austin, texas. >> what is a smart grid? >> a smart grid is the

application of modern communications computer and control systems to the electric grid. it's our wholly electricity delivery system to where it's being used is our electric grid. >> what are we learning from this? >> basically this would be something similar to what a power engineer would be monitoring. they have to make sure that the demand for electricity meets the supply of energy. there can't be an overload or under load. >> casey has this smart phone in her hand for what reason? >> because if alexander graham we will were to come back today, he would not recognize or know what to do with this modern smart phone which is basically a computer. however, thomas edison who we mentioned earlier, if he were to come back today, he developed the first power generating plant in like the 1880s in lower manhattan. if he were to come back today, he would see it's basically the

same thing. >> so we need to update. >> yes. >> you got all that casey? >> uh-huh. >> what did you learn? this is what you learn. text all your friends to come to family discover engineering day. she's on it. myfoxdc.com is our web site. we have a link. it doesn't cost anything . they do suggest a $5 donation. it's best for kids age 4 to 12. hours are 10 to 4:30 on sunday. more fox 5 morning news when we come back. 

this little kitty may steal your heart this valentine's day. meet kapri -- cafrey. lost his leg 10 years ago. he was only three years old then. had to have his front leg removed. hasn't stopped him from living

his full life. his owner says he has adjusted and quite well. happy valentine's day. >> wow. >> love this. this is murphy. our pet of the day. that is a stylish doggy. >> his parents say he wakes up with them every morning to watch the weather on fox 5 but they think he pays more attention to allison. >> oh, well, murphy. all right. >> great photo. >> cute puppy. >> send photos of your pet to petpix@wttg.com. and we may choose one as our pet of the day. >> you got to pay much closer attention to the weather than allison. >> you got that right. we can share him . >> with that hat, he's got to make sure. >> a lot of sunshine. should be a beautiful valentiney . highs today about 50 degrees. and you can see there with all t